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History · Perry Township

16% of Perry Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

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What stands out about Perry Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Perry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19096 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1993. Watch Perry Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Perry Township on the map, 1909 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Perry Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Perry Township on the 1909 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1911 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1962 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1978 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1985 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1993 USGS map1909Uhrichsville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Perry Township.

The story so far

Perry Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perry Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Perry Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 439 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 440 in 2010, 439 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Perry Township, 1828 to 1918

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Cadwallader post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1918Post officeThe Cadwallader post office closes
By decade

Perry Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
West Chester United Methodist Church, Ohio2016West Chester United Methodist Church, OhioSheep along Ohio 2582016Sheep along Ohio 258Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Perry Township

Nobody well known was born in Perry Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Cody GarbrandtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1991
Frank BaumholtzAmerican baseball player · b. 1918
Marie WalcampSilent film actress · b. 1894
Alexander Helwig WyantAmerican painter · b. 1836
William BurressAmerican actor · b. 1867
Arthur P. LamneckAmerican politician · b. 1880
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Cadwallader, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
West Chester
Gone or out of use
Campground SchoolschoolLanning SchoolschoolPleasant Grove SchoolschoolPurdue SchoolschoolWatson Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
GroveHigh HillLindon FamilyMearsMount CarmelPerry TownshipWestchester

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRush TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Perry Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.